diff --git a/include/make/verbose.mk b/include/make/verbose.mk
index 6ee10a00b..8fb1f10b8 100644
--- a/include/make/verbose.mk
+++ b/include/make/verbose.mk
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ endif
 
 # Some common commands such as CC/LD/AR are redefined with a cmd_ equivalent
 # and are either mapped to a silent rule just indicating what is being done,
-# or to themselves depending on the verbosity level.
+# or to themselves depending on the verbosity level. The qinfo macro is meant
+# to be called using $(call qinfo,<string>) as a prefix, and will be either
+# empty or that <string>; the caller must pass the alignment spaces (9 chars
+# total).
 ifeq ($V,1)
 cmd_CC = $(CC)
 cmd_CXX = $(CXX)
 cmd_LD = $(LD)
 cmd_AR = $(AR)
 cmd_MAKE = +$(MAKE)
+qinfo =
 else
 ifeq (3.81,$(firstword $(sort $(MAKE_VERSION) 3.81)))
 # 3.81 or above
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ cmd_CXX = $(info $   CXX     $@) $(Q)$(CXX)
 cmd_LD = $(info $   LD      $@) $(Q)$(LD)
 cmd_AR = $(info $   AR      $@) $(Q)$(AR)
 cmd_MAKE = $(info $   MAKE    $@) $(Q)+$(MAKE)
+qinfo = $(info $(1) $@) $(Q)
 else
 # 3.80 or older
 cmd_CC = $(Q)echo "  CC      $@";$(CC)
@@ -29,5 +34,6 @@ cmd_CXX = $(Q)echo "  CXX     $@";$(CXX)
 cmd_LD = $(Q)echo "  LD      $@";$(LD)
 cmd_AR = $(Q)echo "  AR      $@";$(AR)
 cmd_MAKE = $(Q)echo "  MAKE    $@";$(MAKE)
+qinfo = $(Q)echo "$(1) $@";
 endif
 endif